Tuesday, January 4, 2011

a new year, a new book!

Welcome back, book clubbers! Happy New Year to all of you.

After a two month hiatus to breathe during the holiday season, Rachel and I are ready to start reading and discussing great books again with all of you. We both have lists of books we'd like to read in 2011 and have come up with a few books that we think will be great for this great community of readers.

Rachel and I both loved Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. If you haven't read it, you should do it. Now. It's a wonderful book and the movie will be coming out soon. The movie trailer looks absolutely wonderful, but you know the book is always better than the movie.

I digress. Because we loved Sara Gruen's talent so much, we decided to go with another of her books for our first Book Beginnings and Bookends Book Club book of 2011.

We will be reading Ape House by Sara Gruen.

For more information on Ape House, click here.

To purchase Ape House, click here.

We won't start reading the book or doing the discussion posts until February, so you have the next few weeks to get the book. But don't start reading yet because we'll be posting a reading schedule. We'll also continue to set up the Linky tool for you to post your answers to the discussion questions on your own blog if you'd like.

Happy reading in 2011!




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18 comments:

  1. MelissaJanuary 5, 2011 at 6:50 AM

    This book looks amazing! I'm so glad you are doing another one - y'all pick such great reads! Can't wait to get started!

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  2. KateJanuary 5, 2011 at 6:55 AM

    Yay, I am so glad that I can take part in this book this time. I loved Water for Elephants, and can't wait to read another one of her books.

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  3. BeckyJo606January 5, 2011 at 6:59 AM

    I am SO happy the blogging book club is back! I have missed it! I'm currently reading Water for Elephants so this is such a perfect choice! :)

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  4. mrs.mfcJanuary 5, 2011 at 7:13 AM

    This is already on my list of books to read because I loved Water for Elephants so much. I think I will plan to participate!!

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  5. KatieJanuary 5, 2011 at 7:29 AM

    Yay! So excited to use some of my B&N gift cards this weekend and pick this up! Can't wait to start again!

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  6. VictoriaJanuary 5, 2011 at 7:52 AM

    I'm so glad the book club is back! I loved Water for Elephants too, so I'm excited to read this =)

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  7. AbiJanuary 5, 2011 at 8:54 AM

    yay for book club again! I really enjoyed participating on the last 2 books and look forward to this one. Have heard good things about the author but haven't read any of her work.
    ps...could you enable the name/url option to the comments? I can never get openID to work right for me.
    http://abiandandy.com

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  8. koopermomJanuary 5, 2011 at 8:59 AM

    Great to hear the book club is back. I got Water for Elephants for Christmas and just started it last night!

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  9. SusanJanuary 5, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    You will all love this book! I just finished it before the holidays:0

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  10. KittyJanuary 5, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    Oooh good choice! I loved Water for Elephants and have this one on my list for this year. YAY!!

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  11. Cheree MooreJanuary 5, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    So glad that you are starting up again. I loved Water for Elephants, so I am definitely looking forward to Ape House.

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  12. Virginia BelleJanuary 5, 2011 at 11:06 AM

    I'm so excited my favorite blog book club is back! I can't wait to read along with all of you but I have to squeeze in Water for Elephants first :)

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  13. EricaJanuary 5, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    I read Ape House a few months ago. It is good and I very much enjoyed it, but I didn't think it was quite as awesome as "Water for Elephants." WfE opens on April 22nd!

    I plan to follow along with you guys as you read, I'm curious to hear what other people think!

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  14. A Wedding StoryJanuary 5, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    I have been wanting to read this for a while!

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  15. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2011 at 3:35 PM

    I am so thrilled that Book Club is back! I loved Water for Elephants, so I'm excited to read another book by Sara Gruen. Thanks for setting this up, ladies!

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  16. California WifeJanuary 5, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    Yeah, I'm so excited! Ape House and Water for Elephants are both on my 2011 list, now I just have to finish Freedom in time to start it with you guys! This isn't a sequel to Water for Elephants is it? Just the same author right?

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  17. the caterpillarJanuary 5, 2011 at 8:08 PM

    i've never been able to stick to reading...but maybe this will inspire me! what a great idea! i want to read more, i really do!

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  18. LynseyJanuary 23, 2011 at 6:44 PM

    So glad this is starting back up! I read Water for Elephants and loved it so I can't wait to read this one.

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